Flight of Fury
Flight of Fury | |
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Directed by | Michael Keusch |
Screenplay by | Steven Seagal Joe Halpin |
Story by | Joe Halpin |
Produced by | Pierre Spengler |
Starring | Steven Seagal Steve Toussaint Angus MacInnes Mark Bazeley |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Hall |
Edited by | Jonathan Brayley |
Music by | Barry Taylor |
Production companies | Castel Films Clubdeal |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Flight of Fury is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Michael Keusch, and starring Steven Seagal, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Halpin. The film co-stars Steve Toussaint, Angus MacInnes and Mark Bazeley. The film was released direct-to-DVD in the United States on February 20, 2007.
Plot
Air Force pilot John Sands (Steven Seagal) has been wrongfully imprisoned in a military detention center where his memory is to be chemically wiped out. His superiors feel threatened by the knowledge he gained from his assignments to operations deemed too sensitive for regular intelligence services. He escapes the detention facility.
A top secret Air Force
Before Sands and Jannick arrive in Afghanistan, a
As it turns out, Stone was born to a Muslim mother and a British father. Stone had spent his childhood in the
Now, Stone plans to use the X-77 and its pinpoint precision to drop two
Sands takes on a few of the terrorists by hand as Jessica shoots and kills Eliana. Jannick catches Ratcher while Sands and Jessica leave in the X-77. Ratcher manages to shoot Jannick and get up in the air in a F16. After a brief dogfight, Sands manages to shoot Ratcher down and returns home.
Cast
- Steven Seagal as John Sands
- Steve Toussaint as Col. Ratcher
- Angus MacInnes as General Tom Barnes
- Mark Bazeley as Captain Richard Jannick
- Ciera Payton as Jessica
- Alki David as Rojar
- Tim Woodward as Admiral Frank Pendleton
- Vincenzo Nicoli as Peter Stone
- Katie Jones as Eliana Reed
- Gary Cooper as Commander Bud Jackson
- Barton Sidles as Captain "Fox" Hinkle
- Cristina Teodorescu as Lisa, Pendleton's Operational Soldier
- Rares George Panfil as Williams
- Noah Lee Margetts as Eliana's Soldier
- Karen David as Flanders, Barnes's Operational Soldier
Production
It is set and was filmed in Bucharest, Romania across 60 days between March 1 and April 30, 2006.[citation needed]
When asked about the film later Seagal said "Sometimes you get in with people who say they have $30m to make a movie and they steal $25m and give you $5m to make the movie. And that's why you see movies that are just **** because the financiers have stolen everything."[1]
Attribution controversy
Though the screenplay is credited exclusively to Seagal and frequent collaborator
Critical reception
Overall critical reaction was negative. Steven Seagal was praised because of his weight loss,[4] but the film itself was highly criticized for its use of stock footage. The film has no rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Seagalogy author Vern ranked Flight of Fury as one of Seagal's weakest efforts, noting, "In some ways the movie seems more competent than the last one, 'Attack Force'...but let's just say most people won’t find this one of the better Seagal pictures."[5]
Howard Stern negatively reviewed and ridiculed the film on his radio show.
Despite negative reviews, the film was popular on DVD.[6]
Home media
The DVD was released in Region 1 in the United States on February 20, 2007, and also on Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2007. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
References
- ^ 'Music is my first love': [Seven Days Edition] Hardwick, Viv. Northern Echo; Darlington (UK) [Darlington (UK)]28 Dec 2006: 14 15.
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- ^ "2007 - Flight of Fury". 14 December 2016.
- ^ http://www.outlawvern.com/2007/02/18/flight-of-fury/ Vern, Flight of Fury Review. Retrieved 2/3/2014
- ^ Top Specialized Renters Video Business; Radnor Vol. 27, Iss. 11, (Mar 12, 2007): 23.
External links
- Flight of Fury at IMDb
- Flight of Fury at Letterbox DVD